Friend

Manage your friends and access list of friends of another member on your Ning Network.

Properties

author (screenname) [Read only]

The screen name of the member who made the friend request

friend (screenname) [Read/Write]

The screen name of the member who received the friend request

state (string) [Read/Write]

The state of the relationship between the author and friend. Can be either pending, friend, or blocked.

HTTP GET

/xn/rest/apiexample/1.0/Friend/recent

Retrieve your list of friend or the friends of another member.

Optional Query Parameters:

author (screenname)

Retrieve the list of friends for a specific member

state (string)

Only return friends in a certain state. Can be either friend, friend_request, follower, pending, blocked_friend, blocked_follower

fields (field)

Comma-separated list of desired properties, this is only a hint to the server

anchor (string)

An opaque token encodes the page of results returned, used in conjunction with count to page through a result set

count (int)

Returns one friend by default and supports a maximum of 100. Also supports negative values down to -100 for retrieving friends before the anchor

HTTP POST

/xn/rest/apiexample/1.0/Friend

Add another member as a friend. The state of the relationship will be pending until the member accepts the request.

HTTP DELETE

/xn/rest/apiexample/1.0/Friend

Remove the friend with the given screenname.

Required Query Parameters:

friend (screenname)

The screenname of the friend to remove

state (string)

Type of relationship to remove, supports friend or follower